In an ideal world we could reason with the insects, discuss the many ramifications of their diet or their laying eggs in food reserved for genus homo. Or, we could fiddle with fungi, so rot we have not. Or plead with the weeds — leave…

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Blessed with fertile soil ideal for growing grapes, the Napa Valley has blossomed into one of the world's foremost centers of wine production. The vast majority of land used for agriculture is devoted to producing grapes. With such a lack of diversification, farmers have, quite…

Any time we humans accept paradigm shifts and make sweeping changes to the way we do things we have to consider what some call, “the law of unintended consequences.” This law seems to come into play when we make changes based more on…

So, let me see if I understand the logic here…the immediate danger posed by West Nile Virus, Dengue Fever and Hemmoraghic Dengue Fever, are preferable to chemicals, which are proven to lower the incidence of such…

In this time of recession, property owners and management professionals, like other business people, are looking for ways to cut costs. One place to cut costs is service contractors. One of the first services…